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Re: affordable Holophone 5.1 mic announced

Subject: Re: affordable Holophone 5.1 mic announced
From: "clay" cfmspencer
Date: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:33 pm ((PDT))
http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/briefingroom/2008/04/15/holophone%C2=
%AE-introduces-portamic-51-at-nab-2008/

here's an article with a picture...
much less unwieldy than the H4 mini.

also announced was a D-Code unit for decoding the 6 tracks mixed down to
stereo.

clay

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:24 PM, clay <> wrote:

> excellent news.
>
> hopefully B&H hears about this soon.
>
>
> FWIW, there's a H3-D 5.1 on ebay now, although the Buy It Now price is th=
e
> same as B&H's
>
> clay
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:12 PM, oryoki2000 <> wrote:
>
> >   At the NAB 2008 show, Holophone introduced a second version of its si=
x
> > mic surround sound system. The new mic system is called the PortaMic
> > 5.1 and has a suggested price of $600. That's a lot more affordable
> > than Holophone's $2500 H4 SuperMini.
> >
> > Both PortaMic and SuperMini systems include a preamp incorporating the
> > Dolby Pro Logic encoder that allows signals from six mics to be
> > recorded as two tracks. If you've got a six track recorder, the
> > PortaMic 5.1 can output a track for each mic.
> >
> > I didn't see this product during my brief visit Monday. I just
> > noticed the press release this afternoon. Perhaps someone who is
> > still at the show can take a look and give us a report.
> >
> > --oryoki
> >
> >
> >
>
>






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